Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Virginia 500

Martinsville Speedway

April 29th, 1973

Race #9 of the 1973 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 500
  • Miles: 263.0
  • Average Speed: 70.251 mph
  • Cautions: 7
  • Caution Laps: 49
  • Lead Changes: 11
#41 NASCAR Next Gen car
Daytona Beach, Florida - September 7th, 2021: A detail view of the #41 NASCAR Next Gen car driven by Cole Custer is seen in the garage during the NASCAR Cup Series test at Daytona International Speedway. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 1 21 David Pearson Mercury 0 0 0 500 180 Running
2 6 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 0 0 0 500 312 Running
3 8 15 Bobby Isaac Ford 0 0 0 495 0 Running
4 10 71 Buddy Baker Dodge 0 0 0 494 8 Running
5 3 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 0 0 0 490 0 Running
6 12 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 0 0 0 488 0 Running
7 15 90 Jimmy Hensley Mercury 0 0 0 485 0 Running
8 13 30 Walter Ballard Mercury 0 0 0 471 0 Running
9 16 45 Vic Parsons Ford 0 0 0 469 0 Running
10 20 48 James Hylton Ford 0 0 0 468 0 Running
11 21 64 Elmo Langley Ford 0 0 0 464 0 Running
12 28 20 Rick Newsom Ford 0 0 0 461 0 Running
13 25 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 0 0 0 459 0 Running
14 24 19 Henley Gray Ford 0 0 0 453 0 Running
15 29 26 Earl Brooks Ford 0 0 0 440 0 Running
16 33 40 Frank Warren Ford 0 0 0 440 0 Running
17 11 17 Bill Dennis Chevrolet 0 0 0 404 0 Rear end
18 27 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 0 0 0 397 0 Running
19 7 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 0 0 0 375 0 Crash
20 30 77 Charlie Roberts Ford 0 0 0 339 0 Crash
21 5 43 Richard Petty Dodge 0 0 0 334 0 Engine
22 31 8 Ed Negre Mercury 0 0 0 257 0 Suspension
23 32 85 Ronnie Daniel Chevrolet 0 0 0 251 0 Ignition
24 14 96 Richard Childress Chevrolet 0 0 0 223 0 Brakes
25 17 05 David Sisco Chevrolet 0 0 0 212 0 Brakes
26 9 2 Dave Marcis AMC 0 0 0 114 0 Engine
27 2 88 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 0 0 0 45 0 Oil leak
28 19 4 John Sears Dodge 0 0 0 45 0 Engine
29 26 7 Dean Dalton Mercury 0 0 0 45 0 Oil leak
30 22 25 Jabe Thomas Dodge 0 0 0 35 0 Oil leak
31 23 47 Raymond Williams Ford 0 0 0 35 0 Engine
32 4 12 Bobby Allison Chevrolet 0 0 0 30 0 Oil leak
33 34 44 Richard D Brown Chevrolet 0 0 0 15 0 Alternator
34 18 10 Bill Champion Ford 0 0 0 2 0 Engine